Stuart Sampson, Scappaticci and swift justice.

Still no arrests of corrupt police involved in Rees and others versus the Metropolitan Police. Should plod drag their feet, a private prosecution might concentrate minds wonderfully at New Scotland Yard. Private prosecution worked well for the CAA in the Alison Chabloz trial.

Paragraph 48 of the now disgraced 2017 Mitting ruling mentions Stuart Sampson of the CPS, who played a major role in derailing the initial appeal of Jonathan Rees and the Vian Brothers. Sampson was close to DCS Dave Cook, who maliciously prosecuted Mr Rees. Cook has sworn that he “will not stand in the dock alone”, given his connections to John Yates and Lord Stevens, plus other lower ranks, the Met needs to consider damage limitation. Attention is going to focus on Operation Bedingham, a bungled effort to frame Garry and Glenn Vian, both innocent.

To Irish matters and what is going to emerge over Scappaticci? Wrongly identified as “Stakeknife” by Ian “Walter Mitty” Hurst, who never handled him, Scappaticci (Kerbstone) could prove toxic for Garnerville and Harcourt Street.